Tim Johnson of cyclocrossworld.com won the 2009 US National Cyclo-Cross Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon. Johnson was a favorite for the win after a very successful season of racing, but faced stiff competition from defending champion Ryan Trebon, past winners Jonathan Page and Todd Wells and …

Sun , Snow and Cyclocross in Colorado

November 1, 2009. Tim Johnson grabs two wins, Jeremy Powers takes two seconds, Jamey Driscoll snags two thirds in a big weekend for Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com. Head to …

Belgian Niels Albert won the second round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup Sunday in Plzen, Czech Republic. The result follows Albert's win in the first round on October 4 in Treviso, Italy. Niels Albert uses SwissStop Yellow King brake pads for carbon wheels.

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Photos from the 2009 UCI World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland - the home of SwissStop.

Cyclocrossworld's Jamey Driscoll won the 3rd edition of Cross Vegas during Interbike 2009. Driscoll and Christopher Jones of Champion Systems made an early attack which quickly opened up a 20+ second gap on the strong field of international riders. The two then worked together to hold off the effo…

TRP R970SL on show at Eurobike 2009 featuring SwissStop Flash Yellow King pads. 

Report and photos at bikeradar.com

The SwissStop sales team introduced the 2010 product line at Eurobike in Friedrichshafen, Germany September 2-5.

SwissStop brake pads were seen on many bikes throughout the exhibition.

Mike Cotty completed the 2009 Race Across The Alps on Saturday June 20. The event featured 526 km of riding with roughly 13,000 m of climbing. After the race Mike reports:

"That was one crazy race!  Had everything.  Snow storms, rain, sunshine.  Insane.

10th overall. So…

Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara prepares for the start of the 2009 Giro d'Italia with a new prototype time trial bike from Specialized. The bike features many aerodynamic features, including brakes fitted with SwissStop Yellow King pads.

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Michael Albasini (Team Columbia) has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco. The Swiss rider spent 155 km in a small break away and then outsprinted the two remaining riders in the group for the win.

Albasini and Team Columbia race with the SwissStop Flash Yellow King.

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This week Team Colubia has arranged with the SwissStop factory to use the Yellow King compound brake pads. The ProTour squad began using SwissStop during the 2008 season and report very good performance on the variety of carbon brake surfaces on the teams wheelsets. The team has been known to use …

SwissStop is pleased to announce that the new Disc26 for Avid Elixir is now shipping. Disc26 fits Elixir CR and Elixir R hydraulic disc brakes and features SwissStop's unique Kevlar/ceramic/brass composite pad material. This compound provides excellent durability, very low noise and great stopping…

After a long, wet day in the saddle, Garmin - Slipstream's Tom Peterson has won stage 2 into Santa Cruz. The stage featured sun, wind and plenty of rain. Perfect conditions for SwissStop brake pads.

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David Zabriskie's TT bike on the roof rack at the 2009 Tour of California.

Garmin - Slipstream races with the SwissStop Yellow King brake pad…

Garmin - Slipstream's David Zabriskie sped to third place in the Prologue of the 2009 Tour of California. Zabriskie was 2.7 seconds back of Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara on the technical 3.9 km course. Garmin's Svein Tuft captured 9th.

Garmin - Slipstream races with SwissStop Yellow K…

Niels Albert broke away early and rode to victory in the 2009 Cyclocross World Championships. Albert attacked on the second lap and maintained a gap on the Elite Men's field for the rest of the race.

Niels Albert rides with Yellow King compound brake pads from SwissStop.

Sven Nys held …

2009 World Cup Cyclocross champion Sven Nys has enjoyed a very successful season of racing. Nys may have changed teams this year, but still rides a familiar Colnago C50 Cross. Throughout the season he has used 2 primary wheelsets, including the Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate and Shimano low profile…

For 2009 Team Milram makes sweeping changes to their equipment line up. The team will ride Focus bikes outfitted with SRAM Red components and Carbonsports Lightweight wheels. The SRAM Red brake calipers will be fitted with the grey colored "Lightweight by SwissStop" brake pads.

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At the German cyclocross championships Sabrina Schweizer and Claudia Seidel  were on the podium 2^nd and 3^rd. The whole 1A cross team is using Lightweight wheels with SwissStop RX Yellow King brake pads.

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Christian Heule won his 5th Swiss Championship in cycle cross. The race from Wetzikon was a hot fight in really cold conditions. 6 racers were in the front of the race till the final lap. Christian could fix his victory on the last few hundred meters 2nd was Simi Zahner. Heuele and Zahner have bot…

In August 2008 Rita and Christian departed from their home in Berne, Switzerland on a year long, intercontinental cycling journey to Beijing, China.

They are now well into their trip and currently enjoying the mild winter conditions of Iran. The two are also experiencing the cultur…

Sven Nys has won the first UCI Cyclocross race of 2009 in Baal, Belgium and in doing so further strengthened his lead in the GvA-Trophy. The course was frozen and the race featured a tough fight between Nys and Zdenek Stybar.

Nys brakes were fitted with the SwissStop Yellow King brake pads. …